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Turkish party politics and mayor realignments

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2026-08-03 06:13 UTC → 2026-08-03 10:20 UTC · added ~~removed~~

By mid‑2026 internal tensions resurfaced across Turkey’s major parties. In ~~late June, Anadolu Birliği Partisi (ABP) announced that negotiations with the CHP had produced agreements for 86 CHP deputies and about 74~~ Afyonkarahisar, AK Party provincial ~~chairmen to join ABP,~~ chairman Turgay Şahin stepped down, thanking President Erdoğan and noting that “positions are temporary, ideals are eternal.” Around the ~~party had established structures in 81 provinces ahead~~ same time, Gebeceler mayor İsa Atay also quit the AK Party after being accused of ~~a compulsory general assembly. The claim was made in a meeting with CHP leader Özgür Özel, who~~ an extramarital affair, which he denied ~~any link to Ankara mayor Mansur Yavaş. Early July,~~ and framed as fabricated slander. Meanwhile, CHP ~~Ankara deputy chief Yüksel Işık warned that the party’s “butlan” administration had issued a notarised notice~~ figures continued to ~~vacate the CHP’s Ankara headquarters by 6 July, tying the move~~ rally against investigations. Party group chairman Özgür Özel addressed supporters in Adana, vowing to keep the ~~anniversary of~~ party on the ~~1993 Sivas massacre. Former Keçiören mayor Mesut Özarslan, after~~ streets despite a ~~4½‑month independent stint, criticised the dispute with Özel and suggested that Yavaş could have averted the crisis,~~ lack of resources, while ~~warning that more CHP mayors might shift~~ Istanbul MP Zeynel Emre announced plans to ~~the AKP. During a tour~~ seek an extraordinary congress and condemned recent arrests and alleged corruption. The splintering of ~~Kastamonu, Özel declared that~~ the CHP ~~would become~~ accelerated, with additional mayors and council members—Burhaniye’s Ali Kemal Deveciler, Kırıkkale’s Ahmet Önal, and Derince’s Sertif Gökçe—leaving the ~~next governing party, linking rural indebtedness~~ CHP to ~~what he described as “black‑handed” actions by~~ join the ~~ruling AKP. On 1 August,~~ newly formed Yeni ~~Parti leader Özgür~~ Parti. Özel ~~inaugurated a cultural centre and cemevi in Mamak, presenting it as a model for future Yeni Parti municipalities and pledging~~ reiterated his promise to secure Alevi ~~“rızalık”. The event coincided with further CHP resignations: Kırıkkale mayor Ahmet Önal~~ “rızalık” and ~~Burhaniye mayor Ali Kemal Deveciler joined Yeni Parti, while Tuzla mayor Eren Ali Bingöl quit the CHP but denied joining the AKP. Özel also marked the 500‑day anniversary of~~ highlighted the ~~2023 coup attempt, condemning~~ party’s opposition to the “mutlak butlan” court decision that ~~he says has spurred many~~ sparked the wave of resignations.

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